time machine

I currently have an external HD with two computers' Time Machine backups (so there are two folders inside the Backups.backupdb folder with TM backups). I would like to separate these so that they each have their own HD. I tried copying one of the folders contains one machine worth of TM backups...

Hello everyone, I have a problem with restoring my iMac from a Time Machine backup, and I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue already. I had to reinstall OS X El Capitan from scratch, based on instruction I received from Apple Support. That worked without any issues and my iMac...

I have a neighbour who was having lots of problems with El Capitan, including Safari and other OS X applications that wouldn't open. We backed up his computer using Time Machine on a Time Capsule, and did a clean install of El Capitan. The computer works fine now, but we now don't have access...

Hi everyone, I recently got myself a new mbp. I backup up my old one but the only thing I want to restore is my photos library. When I plug the drive into my new mb It doesn't show the old backups in time machine itself. When i go via Finder, I can see all the old backups in dated directories...

I have moved to another country and left my 1TB WD HDD back at home which I was using with Time Machine to backup my device. I've used this device for years so it has backups from my previous MacBook. I am going to be working at home occasionally and since the Air has no CD drive I have no way...

Is there a place to edit a plist or enforce that anytime you create a Time Machine on a drive it forces the "Encrypt Backup Disk" is checked off? Trying to setup work machines, and want user to be able to use Time Machine but make sure all backup disks are encrypted.

My wifi has been giving us fits as of late, and I'm fairly certain it's not the signal from the neighborhood node nor my modem, so that left my 2009 2TB Apple Time Capsule as the culprit. My Aiport Extreme showed up today, and I've had no issues with XBox, iPad, iMac, iPhones, etc. since...

How long should the first post-install backup take? It's always a bit lengthy after a new OS, but this time around, it seems to just be stuck at the "Preparing Backup" stage, with no change in a day. Checking the logs with the aid of Time Machine Editor doesn't indicate anything wrong, though...

I did a time machine backup to a usb drive. I am going to install a new hard drive today. Can I boot using that time machine backup? Or do I need to be able to use the recovery partition to select time machine backup?

Hopefully someone can help here - I bought a new iMac and used the Migration feature to import my user folder from my previous Mac (running Mavericks) to the new one. This process went fine, no problems or issues with it, but Time Machine is not backing up the user folder on the new Mac. I'm...

Can I get a little help here from persons much more knowledgeable than me? I have a 2006 20" imac that was given to me in 2012. The hard drive crashed within a few weeks (horrible clicking, grinding sounds) and it has been sitting on my desk for 4 years. Feeling industrious the other day, I...

Lightning struck on our block a couple nights ago. My Airport Extreme was fried, along with a couple other things, including my Comcast modem. I happened to have a brand new Airport Extreme in a box that I'd never used, so I plugged that in to the new Comcast modem and all was well with my...

I recently added a new 5tb drive as my external Time Machine backup destination. About half of that is full with my Time Machine backup data. I opted to encrypt the backup. The transfer has completed, and Time Machine has shown "Encrypting" for the past few days. It's moving, but quite...

I have multiple external USB drives, which hold my data separated by category. Each drive holds either private photos, videos or business photos. The sizes are 1 or 2 TB each I just bought a new 5TB external backup to use just for TM and Carbon Copy backups. A friend has suggested to me that...

I'm using Time Machine on my iMac (running OS X Yosemite) with a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0. I've been using it since February of 2013 on my Macbook Pro, and more recently on my iMac. I got home from work today and there was a notice that the last Time Machine backup failed. When I checked...

Does anyone have Time Machine successfully backing up to a Synology NAS? I have a Synology NAS running DSM 6.0.1-7393 but Time Machine fails with the following error: The necessary capabilities are not fully supported on the selected network backup disk.

Hi community! I own a WD MyCloud EX2 which I use for Time Machine Backups. Unfortunately, there is an issue with backing up to NASs in Time Machine and I keep getting an error message which says something like: "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time...

I have a current gen Time Capsule, but want to use a newer router instead that improves my WiFi coverage inside my home. However, I want to still use the Time Capsule for backups/Time Machine purposes. Is this possible? If anyone has done it, would you be kind enough to give me instructions on...

I have a small company that uses a drive connected to an Airport extreme that everyone shares. Everyone in the office keeps all their files on this drive. (we have both mac & pc users). We need a way to keep this drive backed up without having to manually move the files to another drive. Is...

Hello all I am having quite some trouble emptying the Trash from my iMac. I deleted an inProgress file from a hungup time machine backup and now it is stuck in the trashcan. I have followed these steps here: http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html but to no avail, and the file still persists. When I run...